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| Teenager Struck By Lightning While Playing Mortal Kombat |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 1:22 am |
| Tags: Gamer Life, 18 Year Old, Apparently, Bedroom Wall, Controller, Gamer, Gamers, Gizmodo, Guess, Hospitalized, Internet Story, Ipods, Joystick, Lesson To Be Learned, Mortal Kombat, Mother Nature, Rundown, Sao Paulo, Storms, Struck By Lightning |
| that lightning preferred iPods to other gadgets. Via Gizmodo ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:Mortal Kombat Fighter of the WiikUltimate Mortal Kombat 3 Headed To DS… Wait, What?Mortal Kombat: Armageddon to Lack Online ComponentTop Video Game Girls of All TimeThis Week in Europe: Game Releases |
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| In Brief: From a Times article on the asceticism of ... |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 3:45 pm |
| Tags: Huh, Ipods, New York Dilemmas, Wtf |
| From a Times article on the asceticism of Manhattan's homeowning middle class: "Do I want an iPod or a house? Do I want a latte or a house?" [NYT] |
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| Rumors unleashed: Wireless iTunes Store to debut Wednesday? |
| Published: August 29, 2007, 6:03 pm |
| Tags: Apple, Iphone, Ipod, Itunes, Itunes Store, Itunesstore, Wifi, Wireless Ipods, Wireless Itunes Store, Wirelessipods, Wirelessitunesstore |
| the oft-rumored wireless iPods, Wednesday will also bring "wireless iTunes Store sales" to the iPhone and said iPods. MacDaily's source also claims that the iPods will indeed be Mac OS X-based, and that we should "Prepare to be stunned [with] iPod's new capabilities." Of course, a wireless iPod is perfectly plausible, and a wireless iTunes |
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| Apple: Apple's iPod Classic Is Overgrown, Hard-Drive Equipped Nano |
| Published: September 5, 2007, 1:27 pm |
| Tags: Apple, Breaking, Ipod Classic, Ipods |
| Apple just introduced the iPod Classic, a revamped version of the standard clickwheel iPod. An 80GB model (30 hours audio, 5 hours video on the battery) will cost $249. A 160GB version which is thicker than the 80GB Classic but still thinner that the 5th-gen 80, will cost $349. It holds 40,000 songs and can run 40 hours of audio on battery (7 |
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| Cedia07: Meridian iRIS Is World's First 1080p-Upconverting iPod Dock |
| Published: September 5, 2007, 12:40 pm |
| Tags: Cedia07, Home Entertainment, Ipod Docks, Ipods, Iris, Meridian, Meridian Iris Universal Dock For Ipod |
| Meridian, best known for building ridiculously expensive A/V gear, has just introduced a $379 iPod dock called the iRIS which, among other things, converts crappy little iPod video files to full 1080p-resolution HD. Though Meridian would be the one to pull this off, its specific claim is almost too bold: Says the press release: Users can play |
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| IPods Undressed: Autopsies of the New Nano and iPod Classic Show Glue, Plates |
| Published: September 7, 2007, 7:03 am |
| Tags: Apple, Autopsy, Classic, Ifixit, Ipod, Ipod Classic, Ipod Nano, Ipods Undressed, Nano, Portable Media |
| There's nothing geeks like more than undressing stuff &mdash especially new Apple gear. Barely 24 hours after El Jobso unveiled his new iPod babies, iFixit got motherboard-deep into the new nano and classic versions. And this is what they found: The 80GB classic has a 3mm-thinner hard drive than its predecessor, the iPod video, and there was a |
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| iPod buzz |
| Published: September 7, 2007, 5:17 pm |
| Tags: Technology Gizmos, 80 Gb Ipod, Buzz, Classy, Color Selections, Ipods, Nano |
| is the release of the new iPods. They are smaller, thinner and are packed with more technology. The old iPods are also being rebranded with a new name: the iPod Classic. I’m almost tempted to buy one but I already have a mini and J to stop me from doing so. The iPod Touch just makes me drool. I bought my silver monochrome 4 GB mini |
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| Breaking: SanDisk Reinvents Sansa View as Price-Slashed Nano Killer |
| Published: September 10, 2007, 7:00 am |
| Tags: Breaking, Connect, E200r, Flash, Ipods, Mp3 Players, Nano, Portable Media, Sandisk, Sansa, Sansa View, View |
| SanDisk killed off its original Sansa View, a flash-endowed PMP shown at CES, and today announced that it is giving the name to a super-slim 16GB video and music player that will cost $199. It's no coincidence that this is twice the memory of Apple's new 8GB nano—at the same price. SanDisk's 8GB View will cost just $149, the price of |
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| Apple: Five Things We Like About the iPod touch (Video Edition) |
| Published: September 13, 2007, 9:46 pm |
| Tags: Apple, Clips, Ipod Touch, Ipods, Itunes, Itunes Wi Fi Store, Wi Fi |
| Benny the NYC intern and I have found a few things we really like about the iPod touch. Rather than tell you about them, we thought we'd show them to you in a quick video. Needless to say, there are also some things we don't like about the touch. Stay tuned, because we'll address all that later on. |
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| Apple: iPod touch vs. iPhone in CSI: New York Video Off |
| Published: September 13, 2007, 8:19 pm |
| Tags: Apple, Clips, Iphone, Ipod Touch, Ipods |
| Which has better video, the iPhone or the iPod touch? We think it's a damn close call. What do you think? |
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| Apple: Tested: iPhone Screen Better Than the iPod Touch Screen |
| Published: September 14, 2007, 2:35 am |
| Tags: Apple, Clips, Iphone, Ipod Touch, Ipods |
| The iPhone and iPod touch are presumed to have the same screen quality. But they don't, according to some testing and reader feedback we did today. The iPod touch's screen turns black areas somewhat grayish, washed out shadow detail, with absolute blacks appearing shimmery. (The top image is the touch. Look at the girl's hair.) I was going to do |
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| Snappy cases for New iPods including “Fatty” |
| Published: September 17, 2007, 8:24 am |
| Tags: Technology News, Iphone, Gadgets, General, Images, Daily Update, Fatty, Ipods, Snappy Cases |
| Like the rest of us, some companies anticipated Jobs announcement last week of a touch-screen iPod. After the iPhone it was just a matter of time. (more…) Fatty, Gadgets, General, Images, iPods, Snappy cases, Technology News |
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| Belkin “Hope” Cases for iPods - Support breast cancer research |
| Published: September 17, 2007, 8:22 am |
| Tags: Technology News, Iphone, Gadgets, General, Mobile News, Images, Daily Update, Belkin, Cases, Hope, Iphone, Ipods |
| Hope, Images, iPhone, iPods, Technology |
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| Peripherals: Kensington LiquidFM Transmitters Seek Clearest Channels, Transmit Track Names and More |
| Published: September 17, 2007, 2:10 pm |
| Tags: Accessories, Fm Transmitters, Ipods, Kensington, Liquidfm, Mp3, Peripherals |
| Today Kensington introduced its LiquidFM line of FM transmitters. The top tier products have QuickSeek, the technology the company first launched in May: with the touch of a button, it will find the three cleanest frequencies for you to set your radio on. The LiquidFM Deluxe for iPod ($99) will not only transmit the music to your car stereo, but |
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| BandW's Zeppelin available - Speakers your iPod has been waiting for! |
| Published: September 19, 2007, 1:32 am |
| Tags: Bowers Wilkins, Ipods, Zeppelin, Speakers |
| Around one and half month back, we came across a football-shaped speaker for your iPod dubbed Zeppelin from the house of Bowers & Wilkins. I was all praise for its inimitable football-shaped speaker and now, the integrated iPod speaker system is available for sale. Priced at $599, the two feet wide airship like speaker touts five drivers, |
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